cifsmount

Sets the Netbios name of client. CIFS is based on Netbios. Netbios requires that valid Netbios computer names are supplied during the connection establishment for the client and the server. The client name is usually taken from the hostname of your computer. If this does not work or if your computer's Netbios name is different, you may supply the value to be used with this parameter. This parameter is ignored if the server is already connected.

IP address of server. By default, the hostname of the server is taken from the server specification of the share. This must also be the Netbios host name of the server, if the server enforces correct Netbios names. HP CIFS Client uses Domain Name Server instead of Netbios to resolve server names to IP addresses. If the DNS name of the server is different from the Netbios name, you may supply the DNS name or the server's IP address with this parameter. It is ignored if the server is already connected.

Sets the connection port. Netbios connections are usually made on port 139. If you want to connect on a different port, you can supply a decimal port number with this parameter. This parameter is ignored if the server is already connected.

Mounts as read-only filesystem.

Username sent to server. By default, the HP CIFS Client accesses the server under the same user name as the login name of the user that issues the cifsmount command. If you have a different user name at the server, you may use this option to set that name. It is ignored if you are already logged in at the server.

Password given in commandline. Use this option only if necessary, because all commandline parameters may show up in the output of the ps command. It gives you the possibility to pass a dynamically generated password to the server. The password is ignored if the user is already logged in at the server.

Reads the password from stdin. This option may be useful if you want to use cifsmount from a shell script or another program. The -P option is insecure for this purpose because the UNIX command ps can show the commandline parameters of running processes.

Do not prompt for a password. This option may be used to avoid prompting for a password if you do not have a password.

Enables plain text passwords. The HP CIFS Client refuses to send passwords in plain text to the server by default because this is a security risk. There are tools available that sniff the network for plain text passwords. If you really must send the password in plain text (e.g., because your server does not allow password encryption), you can enable it with this option. It is ignored if you are already logged in at the server.

Forces mount. When this option is used, the mount is done even if the server is not responding. No requests are sent to the server. Consequently, none of the parameters can be checked for validity.

Saves mount and password in database. Do not use unless you understand the security implications. HP CIFS Client can maintain a database of mounts, usernames, and passwords. This database is used at startup to re-establish stored mounts and to log in users on demand, even if you are not logged in at the client.

This option may be useful for automounting and to run programs by cron that cannot ask the user for a password. Passwords are stored in the HP CIFS Client's user database file. It is possible to get the HP CIFS hash values of the passwords (which is functionally equivalent to the passwords themselves) out of this file, although the file itself is not sufficient.

You can use this option safely only if you are the only one who has physical or root access to your machine or if you trust everyone who has this access. The HP CIFS Client does not store unencrypted passwords in the user database. If your server does not support encrypted passwords, you cannot use this option.